Who Should I Trade?

Jeff McNeil for Leody Taveras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jeff McNeil 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - ATH	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 258	# 297
VBR	# 322	# 1059

Projections

Runs	16	10
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	15	8
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.266	.233

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 236	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 210	# 292

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 281	# 252

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jeff McNeil 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - ATH	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	311	297

Runs	29	41

Hits	79	65

Singles	62	45

Doubles	13	10

Triples	0	5

Home Runs	4	5

RBI	35	39

Stolen Bases	3	10

Caught Stealing	2	3

Walks	23	34

Strikeouts	41	86

Batting Average	.254	.219

On Base Pct	.311	.300

Slugging Pct	.334	.337

On-base Plus Slugging	.645	.637

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jeff McNeil 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - ATH	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	129	76

Runs	16	10

Hits	34	18

Singles	24	12

Doubles	7	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	15	8

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	12	6

Strikeouts	18	19

Batting Average	.266	.233

On Base Pct	.337	.288

Slugging Pct	.402	.374

On-base Plus Slugging	.740	.662

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jeff McNeil 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - ATH	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
News
	Jeff McNeil went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Red Sox with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in an 8-5 win over the Tigers with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 28th
	Jeff McNeil went 2-for-4 in Wednesday's loss to the Diamondbacks with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Leody Taveras went 2-for-4 in the win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th
	Jeff McNeil went 1-for-1 in a win over the Diamondbacks with two RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Taveras went 1-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 2nd
	Jeff McNeil went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with two runs scored and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Leody Taveras went 2-for-3 in a win over the Mariners with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, one walk, one strikeout, and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jun 11th
	Jeff McNeil went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Marlins with a double and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in a win over the Red Sox with one run scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jun 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jeff McNeil 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - ATH			Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

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Jeff McNeil for Leody Taveras (2026)

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